Find your voice, stomp that yard, all that crap

oh seriously?

Oh god, it's the new Smallville, isn't it? It will never die a natural death...

(I'm happy for people still watching it, but I was just so thrown, because haven't they totally promised several different times that the current season would be the last one, like starting several seasons ago?)

No, they've never promised that. The first story arc ended after five years, and since then they've always said if they were renewed, they were prepared to take things in other directions. Also, it's not like the CW has a long list of shows on its roster to keep around. :)

And thanks, even when I was watching I wasn't really actively involved in the fandom, so my impressions =/= reality. And I'm just skeptical in general about shows lasting this long (and I wish the show I was mostly fannishly involved in would end right now after its third season, hah).

IDK, maybe it's a really hard thing to do. To be able to tell when a show has run its course, when you are super close to it and it's your baby. Even so, maybe they should get outside consultants or something. Professional shark-jumping detectors.

I kinda gave up during season 5, then ended up catching up. Started watching season 6, got bored after the first few episodes, and then when the season was over, skimmed through it watching bits of the Castiel and angels arc for the lolz. Never crossed my mind to check out any of this season - just not interested.

I'm excited that it got renewed, but am tired of the biblical theme that's been going on for the past few years. I thought I had read before this season started that they were going back to episodes more like the first season (where they were based on urban legends), but apparently that didn't happen.